In the latest episode of the new YS web show, YS Idea Lab, they interview Bob Goff. I also enjoy an opportunity to listen to him, if you've never heard him before this is worth 5 minutes of your time. YS Idea Lab - Bob Goff: Loving People Inefficiently from Youth...
Each week at our Sunday morning worship service we have slides that scroll during pre-service. Here are a few examples for you to use. In our ministry we constantly rip others off. I am not a graphic designer by any stretch so I have learned to imitate others. You...
I loved the movie Avengers, I think it might be my favorite super hero movie of all time. So I was pretty excited to find this great discussion guide over on The Source for Youth Ministry. The main point of the lesson is about team work to be a force for God's...
Eons ago fellow youth ministry geek Matt McGill wrote a blog post called EVANGAtweets. This weekend our student ministry is discussing evangelism in our weekend worship service. In honor of Matt I quickly whipped up a few EVANGAtweet slides to cycle through...
I'm a big fan of TED and what they do online with their videos from their events. They just released a new tool that allows anyone to build an online lesson using web video. You can select a video and video and create questions, quizes or give links for people to...
Today and tomorrow 3 of Francis Chan's bestselling books free in ebook form, they are great books and I highly recommend them: Amazon Kindle Apple iBooks Amazon Kindle Apple iBooks Amazon Kindle Apple iBooks Happy Easter!
Everyone hates the spinning beach ball of death. Imagine if it took over your presentation while speaking to a group of people. Watch as Improv Everywhere brings this to life. Have you ever thought about doing something unexpected like this during a talk? Could be...
Back in January, Chris Davis and I were at YS! Palooza together, and we were talking about shooting video. Chris was lugging around a giant HD camcorder and tripod that he used to shoot this video. We began having a chat about the video function on most new DSLR...
I saw this come across my Flipboard TED talk feed and thought it was worth sharing: From the "I have a dream" speech to Steve Jobs’ iPhone launch, all great presentations have a common architecture. At TEDxEast, Nancy Duarte draws lessons on how to make a powerful...
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The end has finally come. I had blogged about the David Crowder Band ending their run (READ HERE), and this week, we saw the release of their final album, Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass In C [The Happiest of All Keys]). It's a great closing act. I recommend taking...
